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US Senate confirms Loretta Lynch as attorney general
By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Richard Cowan The US Senate voted on Thursday to approve Loretta Lynch as President Barack Obama’s next attorney general, ending a five-month deadlock that made Lynch wait...
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AG asks Supreme Court to sack deputy (update 3)
Independent of the criminal proceedings expected to be brought against deputy attorney- general Rikkos Erotokritou for allegedly colluding with a private law firm to settle unrelated court cases to...
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Legal Service battle continues
By Angelos Anastasiou Deputy attorney-general Rikkos Erotokritou made another move on Thursday by asking eight Legal Service prosecutors to stay out of his face-off with his boss, after they were...
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No prosecutions in MP spat-AG
No criminal charges will be pursued in connection with an indecent assault complaint lodged by a female MP against a colleague — who allegedly tried to take an up-skirt photo of her — because there was...
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MP says he was ‘bullied’ over photo incident
By George Psyllides A ruling DISY MP accused by a female colleague of indecent assault after he reportedly tried to take an up-skirt photo of her claimed he was bullied through unfounded and false...
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‘If I hadn’t posted the video nothing would have been done’, lawyer says
By Andria Kades Nothing prevented the justice ministry or police chief from suspending the two officers seen beating up a young man, 26, in a video recorded last year made public this week, the head of...
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Police officers in beating video likely to be charged on Tuesday
By Andria Kades Criminal charges against two policemen seen on video beating a young man, 26, in a police cell at Polis Chrysochous are expected to be filed on Tuesday, with the case likely to be...
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Political circles trying to impede probe into economic collapse, AG says...
By Angelos Anastasiou While investigations into the economic collapse of 2013 may take years, public criticism over alleged delays, comes from political circles trying to push for his removal,...
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Man on trial for fatal accident seeks travel permission
Attorney-general Costas Clerides on Tuesday received a request to allow a high ranking official from the European Space Agency (ESA), Julio Monreal, who is due to stand trial on the island after being...
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AG: Hellenic Bank can hire without union approval
By Stelios Orphanides Attorney general Costas Clerides opined in the dispute between Hellenic Bank and banking workers union ETYK that an employer has the right to freely choose which persons to hire,...
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AG rules that UCy decision on transfer students was wrong, minister says
A University of Cyprus (UCy) decision to transfer back private-school students who had been accepted at third-level institutions abroad based on their GCE results, violates the law, Education Minister...
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AG appeals to Supreme Court on shop hours
THE attorney-general on Thursday submitted an appeal to the Supreme Court over the much contested shop hours regulations. According to announcement from the state legal office, the appeal seeks “a...
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AKEL slams government’s latest move on shop hours
By Angelos Anastasiou Questioning parliament’s right to amend or oppose government bills and regulations by the attorney-general is without precedent, AKEL spokesman Giorgos Loukaides said on Tuesday....
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HSBC officials have given statements to Cypriot investigators in Laiki probe
By Angelos Anastasiou British banking behemoth HSBC representatives have given statements to two Cypriot investigators in London regarding the 2006 sale of the bank’s stake in now-defunct Laiki bank to...
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Supreme Court defers ruling on shop hours
The Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling on a dispute between the government and parliament over shop hours sometime next month, it emerged on Tuesday, as the two sides were given instructions...
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MPs probe further on cigarette smuggling
By George Psyllides AKEL MP Irini Charalambidou on Tuesday questioned the customs department’s decision to ask the attorney-general to suspend prosecution of individuals implicated in a cigarette...
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DISY, AKEL appear to have received around €1.5mln from shipowner (Update 2)
By Angelos Anastasiou Ruling DISY got €600,000 and AKEL appears to have received around €880,000 from a company thought to be linked to former Laiki strongman Andreas Vgenopoulos, the attorney-general...
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Minister denies meddling in BoC trial
Remarks made earlier this month, in which Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou expressed hope for convictions within 2016 in court cases regarding the economy’s collapse, were misconstrued, he said on...
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Vgenopoulos: there’s no point in Cyprus continuing to investigate me...
There are no ongoing investigations in Greece into allegations of wrongdoing by former Laiki Bank strongman Andreas Vgenopoulos, and such investigations in Cyprus have no point, the embattled financier...
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Bus company accuses audit boss of sloppiness in fuel probe (Update 2: adds...
Nicosia bus company OSEL on Wednesday called the state audit office “sloppy” after Odysseas Michaelides as much as accused them of ripping off the state to the tune of €4 million over five years. OSEL...
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